Annual Certificate in the Role of the Designated Teacher (2023-2024)

New ‘Keeping children safe in education’ guidance has been published and will become statutory from 1 September 2023. 

The role of a designated teacher is statutory in all schools and academies. They must have appropriate training and the relevant qualifications and experience to carry out their role and must take lead responsibility for raising the attainment of looked-after and previously looked-after children. 

Developed by Lorna Ponambalum, independent safeguarding and inclusion consultant, our designated teacher training course provides you with knowledge and skills to understand and comply with your statutory roles and responsibilities as a designated teacher and to support the needs of looked-after and previously-looked after children. 

Please note: This training course consists of learning through video, task completion and further reading/research. Please consider this when planning and allocating your time. To successfully understand and achieve the objectives of the course, learners are expected to engage in all aspects of the learning process to ensure they can successfully apply the knowledge and skills they have gained in their own settings. 

All schools should continue to adhere to the current ‘Keeping children safe in education’ guidance until 1 September 2023. 

Designed in line with the following policies: 

• Keeping children safe in education
• Designated teacher for looked-after and previously looked-after children 

Important note for non-UK learners: Although this designated teacher for LAC training course reflects best practice principles and might be useful for learners outside the UK, please note that it is based solely on UK guidance and legislation. Please make sure you also adhere to relevant legislation applicable in your own country.